A scientist (Brie Larson) creates Genetically modified food rice with her father (Scott Bakula), and their boss (Donald Sutherland) sends them to India to sell it to rural farmers. Initially ignorant about the country, she is brought to earth by the savvy but welcoming Indians, and falls for a college-educated farmer, Rajit, who is fighting for the rights of the local rice farmers. When she discovers that the business deal will destroy the farmers' way of life, she and Rajit must work together to stop it.